The Chicago Tribune has an article detailing a fire this morning where two Chicago firefighters fell through the porch of a home into the basement. Both suffered minor injuries and were rescued quickly.
Two firefighters were hurt when a porch collapsed at an extra-alarm fire in Gresham on the South Side this morning, sending them through the floor into the basement, officials said.
The collapse trapped both firefighters and officials called a mayday as firefighters scrambled to free them. They were finally able to reach the two by breaking through a side window, and the injured firefighters were taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital.
The firefighters, both veterans of the department, suffered relatively minor injuries but the situation “could have been a lot worse,” said Deputy Fire Commissioner John McNicholas.
“Had we had fire in that basement, things could have been a different story here,” he said.
The entire article is HERE with a video segment.
